Praxiteles

Praxiteles was a 4th century BC Attic Greek sculptor. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue, the "Aphrodite of Cnidus", which became a sensation across the Greek world. Praxiteles justified the creation of the sculpture by having the naked Aphrodite attempt to cover herself, something which interested several male viewers, and caused the statue to become the inspiration for several lookalikes and similar naked Aphrodite statues across the Greek world.